My reason for getting a filament-style 3D printer was to make a bicycle lamp, based on ideas that had been settling for one to be printed by a commercial selective laser scintering (SLS) service. And what fun I have had for £100 (plus £30 for printing filament) – far more than I envisaged – although …
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